The Best Pick movie podcast

By Film fans John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

What's The Best Pick movie podcast about?

The podcast in which we watch, assess and discuss every Academy Award Best Picture winner in no particular order. Hosted by film fans John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

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The Best Pick movie podcast episodes:

04.24.2024
BP311 This Side of Paradise with Garrett Millerick
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Garrett Millerick Episode 311. Star Trek (TOS): This Side of Paradise Released 24 April 2024 “This Side of Paradise” is the 24th episode of the first season of Star Trek, first shown...
04.17.2024
BP310 The City on the Edge of Forever with Joy Wilkinson
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Joy Wilkinson Episode 310. Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever Released 17 April 2024 Today we watched “The City on the Edge of Forever”, the 28th episode of the...
04.10.2024
BP309 The Devil in the Dark with Dan Starkey
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Dan Starkey Episode 309. Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark Released 10 April 2024 “The Devil in the Dark” is the 25th episode of the original Star Trek, from its first...
04.03.2024
BP308 Tapestry with Andy Stanton
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Andy Stanton Episode 308. Star Trek The Next Generation: Tapestry Released 3 April 2024 “Tapestry” is the 15th episode in TNG’s excellent sixth season, featuring recurring character Q, first introduced in the...
03.27.2024
BP307: The Enemy Within with Natalie Bochenski
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Natalie Bochenski Episode 307. Star Trek (TOS): The Enemy Within Released 27 March 2024 “The Enemy Within” is the fifth episode of the first season of Star Trek, first shown on 6...
03.12.2024
BP306 Oscars 2024
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky The Oscars 2024 Released 12 March 2024 Following an unsuccessful attempt to record an episode immediately following the transmission of the 96th Academy Awards on ITV, we reconvened a couple...
01.23.2024
BP305 Oscar Nominations 2024
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 95.1: Oscar Nominations 2024 Released 23 January 2024 For this episode, we briefly discuss the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, which were announced today by Zazie Beetz and...
12.30.2023
BP304 The Church on Ruby Road
Best Pick with John Dorney, Tom Salinsky and special guest Natalie Bochenski Doctor Who Specials #4: The Church on Ruby Road Released 30 December 2023 For this episode, we open our Christmas presents only to discover that a goblin has...
12.20.2023
BP095 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 95: Everything Everywhere All At Once Released 20 December 2023 For this episode, we watched the 2022 Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once, written and directed by...
12.12.2023
BP303 The Giggle
Best Pick with John Dorney, Tom Salinsky and special guest Natalie Bochenski Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #3: The Giggle Released 12 December 2023 For this episode, we fracture into two different incarnations, one right here on Best Pick, and...
12.05.2023
BP302 Wild Blue Yonder
Best Pick with John Dorney, Tom Salinsky and special guest Natalie Bochenski Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #2: Wild Blue Yonder Released 4 December 2023 For this episode, we once again were joined by Natalie Bochenski’s who provides all sorts...
11.28.2023
BP301 The Star Beast
Best Pick with John Dorney, Tom Salinsky and special guest Natalie Bochenski Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #1: The Star Beast Released 28 November 2023 For this episode, Best Pick joined forces with Natalie Bochenski’s Raven On podcast, not least...
04.05.2023
My Year of Dicks: Road to the Oscars
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guests Pamela Ribon and Sara Gunnarsdóttir My Year of Dicks: Road to the Oscars Released 5 April 2023 For this episode, Tom spoke to screenwriter Pamela Ribon and director Sara Gunnarsdóttir whose short...
03.13.2023
Oscars 2023
Best Pick with John Dorney and Tom Salinsky Oscars 2023 Released 14 March 2023 For this episode, we quickly reviewed the 95th Oscars which took place at the Dolby Theatre on 13 March 2023. BEST PICK – the book is...
01.25.2023
BP235.5 Oscar Nominations 2023
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 235.5: Oscar nominations 2023 Released 25 January 2023 For this episode, we quickly reviewed the Oscar nominations which were announced on 24 January 2023 by Allison Williams and Riz...
12.28.2022
BP094 CODA (2021)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 94: CODA (2021) Released 28 December 2022 For this episode, we watched the 2021 Best Picture winner CODA, written and directed by Sian Heder. It’s a remake of the...
12.14.2022
BP235 Gas Food Lodging
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 235: Gas Food Lodging Released 14 December 2022 For this episode, we watched 1991 American indie Gas Food Lodging, written and directed by Allison Anders (based on the book...
11.30.2022
BP234 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 234: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! Released 30 November 2022 For this episode, we watched the 2012 stop-motion animated film The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists!...
11.16.2022
BP233 The Iron Giant
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 233: The Iron Giant Released 16 November 2022 For this episode, we watched 1999’s The Iron Giant based on Ted Hughes’s book The Iron Man. The screenplay was by...
11.02.2022
BP232 Toy Story 3
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 232: Toy Story 3 Released 2 November 2022 For this episode we watched the 2010 Pixar sequel Toy Story 3, one of a handful of animated movies to be...
10.19.2022
BP231 Mulholland Drive
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 231: Mulholland Drive Released 19 October 2022 For this episode, we watched the 2001 David Lynch film Mulholland Drive, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Robert Forster and...
10.05.2022
BP230 Cactus Flower
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 230: Cactus Flower Released 5 October 2022 For this episode, we watched the 1969 comedy Cactus Flower, written by IAL Diamond from the Broadway play by Abe Burrows, itself...
09.21.2022
BP229 RoboCop
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 229: RoboCop Released 21 September 2022 For this episode, we watched classic eighties action flick RoboCop, but despite the trashy title this is a film which hides a great...
09.07.2022
BP228 A League of Their Own
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 228: A League of Their Own Released 7 September 2022 For this episode, we watched A League of Their Own, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a...
08.26.2022
BP227.5 Mr Malcolm's List
Best Pick with Deborah Frances-White, Jessica Regan and special guest Emma Holly Jones Episode 227.5: Mr Malcolm’s List Released 26 August 2022 Mr Malcolm’s List is based on the novel by Suzanne Allain and directed by Emma Holly Jones. The...
08.24.2022
BP227 Apocalypto - with Joy Wilkinson
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Joy Wilkinson Episode 227: Apocalypto Released 24 August 2022 For this episode, we were joined by filmmaker Joy Wilkinson who brought us, of all things, a Mel Gibson...
08.10.2022
BP226 The Shawshank Redempton - with Nat Luurtsema
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Nat Luurtsema Episode 225: The Shawshank Redemption Released 10 August 2022 For this episode, we were joined by writer, actor and comedian Nat Luurtsema who has brought us...
07.27.2022
BP225 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - with Gabriella Geisinger
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Gabriella Geisinger Episode 225: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Released 27 July 2022 For this episode, we were joined by the Deputy Movies Editor of Digital Spy...
07.13.2022
BP224 Talking to Peter Bradshaw
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Peter Bradshaw Episode 224: Peter Bradshaw in conversation Released 12 July 2022 For this episode, Tom sat down with legendary film journalist Peter Bradshaw whose opinions about various Best Picture winners have...
06.29.2022
BP223 Mean Green Mother From Outer Space
Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and guests Anthony Asbury, Sue Dacre, Nigel Plaskitt and Robert Tygner Episode 223: Mean Green Mother From Outer Space Released 29 June 2022 For this episode, we took a deep dive into the creation of...
06.15.2022
BP222 Goodfellas
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 222: Goodfellas Released 15 June 2022 For this episode, we watched and talked over Martin Scorsese’s crime classic Goodfellas, based on the book Wise Guys by Nicholas Pileggi, who...
06.01.2022
BP221 Jurassic Park
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 221: Jurassic Park Released 1 June 2022 For this episode, we watched and talked over Jurassic Park, from the book by Michael Crichton, with a screenplay by Crichton and...
05.18.2022
BP220 Top Gun
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 220: Top Gun Released 18 May 2022 For this episode, we watched and talked over Top Gun, the film which invented Tom Cruise. It also stars Kelly McGillis, Anthony...
05.04.2022
BP219 Triangle
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 219: Triangle Released 4 May 2022 For this episode, we watched Triangle, a 2009 psychological thriller written and directed by Christopher Smith and with Melissa George leading the cast....
04.20.2022
BP218 I'm Your Man
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 218: I’m Your Man Released 20 April 2022 For this episode, we watched I’m Your Man, the 2021 romantic drama with a sci-fi twist, written by Maria Schrader and...
04.06.2022
BP217 Flirting with Disaster
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 217: Flirting with Disaster Released 6 April 2022 For this episode, we watched Flirting with Disaster, the 1996 comedy written and directed by David O Russell and starring Ben...
03.28.2022
BP216.5 Oscars 2022
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 216.5: Oscars 2022 Released 28 March 2022 For this episode, we reviewed events at the 94th Academy Awards, which John and Tom watched live and which Jess caught up...
03.23.2022
BP216 Bicycle Thieves
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 216: Bicycle Thieves Released 23 March 2022 For this episode, we watched Bicycle Thieves, based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini, with a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini and various...
03.09.2022
BP215 My Life as a Dog
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 215: My Life as a Dog Released 9 March 2022 For this episode, we watched My Life as a Dog, based on the novel by Reidar Jönsson, who wrote...
02.23.2022
BP214 Les Diaboliques
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 214: Les Diaboliques Released 23 February 2022 For this episode, we watched Les Diaboliques, from the novel by Boileau and Narcejac. The screenplay is by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme...
02.09.2022
BP213 The Piano
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 213: The Piano Released 9 February 2022 For this episode, we watched The Piano, written and directed by Jane Campion and produced by Jan Chapman. The cast includes Holly...
02.09.2022
BP212.5 Oscar nominations 2022
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 212.5: Oscar nominations 2022 Released 9 February 2022 For this episode, we gave our initial thoughts on the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards which were announced yesterday. ...
01.26.2022
BP212 American Psycho
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 212: American Psycho Released 26 January 2022 For this episode, we watched American Psycho, adapted from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis with a screenplay by Mary Harron and...
01.12.2022
BP211 Titus
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 211: Titus Released 12 January 2022 For this episode, we watched Titus, Julie Taymor’s 1999 adaptation of Shakesepeare’s play Titus Andronicus. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan...
12.29.2021
BP093 Nomadland (2020)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 93: Nomadland (2020) Released 29 December 2021 For this episode, we watched Nomadland, written, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao, from the non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the...
12.15.2021
BP210 The Godfather Part III
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 210: The Godfather Part III Released 15 December 2021 For this episode, we watched The Godfather Part III, or to be exact, we watched The Godfather, Coda: The Death...
12.01.2021
BP209 Dr No - with Garrett Millerick
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Garrett Millerick Episode 209: Dr No Released 1 December 2021 For this episode, we watched the first James Bond film, Dr No from 1962. The script was...
11.17.2021
BP208 Baby Face - with Matheus Carvalho
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 208: Baby Face Released 17 November 2021 For this episode, we watched Baby Face written by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola from a story by...
11.03.2021
BP207 Disney Animated Features - with Andy Stanton
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Andy Stanton Episode 207: Disney Animated Features Released 3 November 2021 For this episode, we spoke to children’s author Andy Stanton who spent lockdown watching every Disney...
10.20.2021
BP206 Brazil
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 206: Brazil (commentary) Released 20 October 2021 For this episode, we watched Brazil written by Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown and Terry Gilliam and directed by Gilliam. The cast include...

What's The Best Pick movie podcast about?

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The Best Pick movie podcast episodes:

BP311 This Side of Paradise with Garrett Millerick

BP310 The City on the Edge of Forever with Joy Wilkinson

BP309 The Devil in the Dark with Dan Starkey

BP308 Tapestry with Andy Stanton

BP307: The Enemy Within with Natalie Bochenski

BP306 Oscars 2024

BP305 Oscar Nominations 2024

BP304 The Church on Ruby Road

BP095 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

BP303 The Giggle

BP302 Wild Blue Yonder

BP301 The Star Beast

My Year of Dicks: Road to the Oscars

Oscars 2023

BP235.5 Oscar Nominations 2023

BP094 CODA (2021)

BP235 Gas Food Lodging

BP234 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

BP233 The Iron Giant

BP232 Toy Story 3

BP231 Mulholland Drive

BP230 Cactus Flower

BP229 RoboCop

BP228 A League of Their Own

BP227.5 Mr Malcolm's List

BP227 Apocalypto - with Joy Wilkinson

BP226 The Shawshank Redempton - with Nat Luurtsema

BP225 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - with Gabriella Geisinger

BP224 Talking to Peter Bradshaw

BP223 Mean Green Mother From Outer Space

BP222 Goodfellas

BP221 Jurassic Park

BP220 Top Gun

BP219 Triangle

BP218 I'm Your Man

BP217 Flirting with Disaster

BP216.5 Oscars 2022

BP216 Bicycle Thieves

BP215 My Life as a Dog

BP214 Les Diaboliques

BP213 The Piano

BP212.5 Oscar nominations 2022

BP212 American Psycho

BP211 Titus

BP093 Nomadland (2020)

BP210 The Godfather Part III

BP209 Dr No - with Garrett Millerick

BP208 Baby Face - with Matheus Carvalho

BP207 Disney Animated Features - with Andy Stanton

BP206 Brazil